The Suchiate River used to be a major transit point for Central American migrants trying to get to the United States. They would flow across the river into Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico and hop a freight train heading north. A hurrican destroyed much of the train tracks and now migrants must make it further north, to Arriaga, before catching the train. Nonetheless, many migrants still cross this southern border hoping to, eventually, also cross the northern border into the US.